Jazz Society of Pensacola Links

Jazz Festivals and Events Calendars

  • Pensacola JazzFest   (OURS!) (April)
    Held by the Jazz Society of Pensacola during the month of April in Pensacola Florida's historic Seville Square.

  • French Quarter Fest New Orleans (April) - www.fqfi.org/frenchquarterfest

  • Seabreeze Jazz Festival Panama City, FL (April) www.seabreezejazzfestival.com

  • New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA (April/May) - www.nojazzfest.com

  • Main Street JazzFest - Murfreesboro, TN (May) - www.mainstreetjazzfest.com

  • W.C. Handy Music Festival - www.wchandymusicfestival.org Held annually in the Shoals area of Florence, Alabama. A weeklong tribute to the "Father of the Blues," W.C. Handy.

  • Sounds of Jazz & Blues - Cape Coral, FL (March) - www.capeconcerts.com

  • North Carolina Jazz Festival - (January) - By the Cape Fear Jazz Society - www.ncjazzfestival.com

  • Hearts & Soul of Jazz - Pinehurst, NC, (February)
    Heart 'n Soul of Jazz is ACMC's glitziest event and is presented at the Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst. www.artscouncil-moore.org/jazz.html

  • Savannah Music Festival - Savannah, GA, (March/April) - www.savannahmusicfestival.org

  • Sweet & Hot Music Festival - Los Angeles (Labor Day Weekend) Each Labor Day weekend at the Los Angeles Marriott, the Sweet & Hot Music Festival takes over 4-days of Swing, Be Bop, Big Bands, Dixieland, and Classic American Jazz Music, often in 8 venues at once. www.sweethot.org

  • Radio Avalon - www.radioavalon.com
    Radio Avalon, L.L.C. produces several live events including "Brown Bag In Bienville", "Music In The Moonlight", "Big Band Sunday", and the forthcoming "Avalon Music Festival" in Mobile, Alabama.

  • Alexander City Jazz Fest, Alexander City, AL (June) - www.alexcityjazzfest.com

  • Arbor Records Invitational Jazz Party, (January)
    Arbors Records presents the annual three-day Jazz Party in Clearwater Beach, Florida. The 2010 Event will be Jan. 15-17 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort. Info at www.arborsrecords.com

  • Jazz & Blues Florida, (January)
    Florida's Online Guide to Live Jazz and Blues. Info at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com

  • Atlanta Jazz Party, (April)
    Info at www.atlantajazzparty.com

Jazz Info
    (history, education, research, etc...)

  • All Music.com - www.allmusic.com
    Great source for info about recordings and performers of any kind of music, including jazz.

  • JazzStandards.com - www.jazzstandards.com
    Songs, History, Biographies.
    Musicians, educators, researchers, and disc jockeys, use this quick reference site for the standards jazz performers play the most!

  • A Passion for Jazz -  www.apassion4jazz.net
    History, education, glossary, timeline, styles, milestones, etymology, music tips, etc...  

  • Tom Lord's Jazz Discography - "Everything you need to know about virtually any jazz record ever released." The Jazz Discography gives you accurate, detailed information on over 100 years of recorded jazz in all genres. - www.lordisco.com

  • Noal Cohen's Jazz History Site -  www.attictoys.com
    Contains information on several musicians and topics of special interest including jazz of the 1950s and early 1960s and musicians from Rochester, NY. Detailed discographies created using the Brian database application, a major advance in the field of jazz discography.

  • Sidney Bechet Society - www.sidneybechet.org
    To promote the music inspired by Sidney Bechet. Lots of recordings at this site!

  • Radio Avalon - www.radioavalon.com
    Radio Avalon produces several compact discs of local artists that are available at the "Avalon Marketplace" and downloadable podcasts available at "Podcast Projects".

  • Wild Women of Song - www.wildwomenofsong.com
    The Great American Songbook is bursting with wonderful music penned by many very industrious, although historically nearly invisible ladies. Find out more about these unknown, but certainly not unsung writers at: http://www.wildwomenofsong.com/

  • Jazz Video Café - from Mosaic Records - www.jazzvideocafe.com
    Presenting videos of wonderful performances, interviews, demonstrations, and snippets of documentaries that jazz fans will find enjoyable and fascinating.


Jazz Musicians


Jazz Publications

  • Jazz Times Magazine - www.jazztimes.com
    Founded in 1970 by Ira Sabin. Includes Extensive News Coverage, Award Winning Jazz Journalism, Hundreds of CD, Book and Video Reviews, World Class Photography and Award-Winning Graphics, Informative Features and Columns, Special Theme Issues, Special Directories, Readers Poll and Critics Picks, Sound$weeps (sweepstakes)

  • JAM - Jazz Ambassador's Magazine
    (by the Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors)
    Dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of Kansas City jazz and developing and promoting the current Kansas City jazz scene. www.kcjazzambassadors.com

  • The American Rag - America's Largest Traditional Jazz and Ragtime Newspaper Monthly publication serves over sixty pages of commentary, news, articles of interest and reviews as well as the people, places and festivals defining the excitement of today's traditional Jazz and Ragtime scene. - www.americanrag.com

  • JazzWeek
    JazzWeek is the definitive Jazz and Smooth Jazz national radio airplay chart—a weekly report of the top fifty Jazz and Smooth Jazz recordings played on radio stations across the United States and Canada. - www.jazzweek.com


Jazz Radio

  • Radio Avalon - www.radioavalon.com
    Broadcast over WHIL-91.3 FM in Mobile, AL. Owned by Thomas "Catt" Sirten, program producer and host. Radio Avalon, L.L.C. produces several live events including "Brown Bag In Bienville", "Music In The Moonlight", "Big Band Sunday", and the forthcoming "Avalon Music Festival".
    Radio Avalon is very active in the local music community, producing several compact discs of local artists that are available at the "Avalon Marketplace" and downloadable podcasts available at "Podcast Projects".

  • 98.3 - Smooth Jazz Sunday (Mobile, Alabama)
    WDLT 98.3 FM, Mobile, AL, 6am-9am - www.msnusers.com/smoothoperator983 & www.983wdlt.com

  • WUWF 88.1 - (University of West Florida)
    It is the mission of WUWF Public Media to present, promote, preserve and encourage musical and spoken-word arts through our broadcast, web, and community outreach programs; provide credible, in-depth news and information to the public; serve as a vital community catalyst and a forum for the exchange of ideas; and to secure a sound fiscal basis for the continuation of public radio in Northwest Florida and South Alabama. http://wuwf.org

  • University of North Texas Public Radio 88.1 -  www.kntu.unt.edu
    A great jazz station which can be heard via internet.


Jazz Societies and Clubs

Miscellaneous Sites

  • Pensacola Wine Festival - www.pensacolawinefestival.com

  • Pensacola Swing - www.pensacolaswing.com

  • Pensacola State College - www.pensacolastate.edu

  • Beach CITE Studios Inc. - (A Community Interactive Teaching Experience) www.beachcitestudios.org
    This new center for the arts in Orange Beach AL seeks to provide art experiences which promote creativity, bring people together, inspire success, and impart positive values. The arts center houses facilities to encompass teaching, and learning areas for many of the arts; including dance, music, painting, sculpture, culinary classes, and creative writing. They offer monthly "Jazz Nights" in their state-of-the-art music room, refer to the website for details and schedule.